Data for 2012

Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 2012

Figures for 2012, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 2012 covers 140 countries on 3 measures. Seychelles is highest, at 478.223; Puerto Rico is lowest, at 0.254. The middle country reads 5.474. Against 2011, 124 values changed (56 up, 68 down), 16 countries joined, 14 left.

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Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary · Data for 2012

HighestSeychelles

478.223

LowestPuerto Rico

0.254

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

140countries
3measures per country
2012the year it describes
140distinct values16 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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01Values only

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Every country and every column of Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 2012: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	478.223	354.5726	849.172
AndorraANDSouthern Europe	274.333	227.0367	347.987
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	143.739	142.3519	145.535
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	126.752	121.2453	132.749
BermudaBMUNorthern America	113.251	72.8946	193.116
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	101.523	77.8528	121.407
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	97.696	138.7995	75.966
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	84.884	81.6842	88.501
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	66.796	40.9320	122.754
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	47.350	49.1791	46.131
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	42.557	38.8777	48.536
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	41.804	6.9697	80.746
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	37.736	37.2513	38.145
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	35.858	28.0005	46.393
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	34.156	27.4789	38.329
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	32.905	12.8716	78.382
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	25.142	18.7720	29.645
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	22.820	18.1895	24.743
NigerNERWestern Africa	20.370	17.3358	21.540
QatarQATWestern Asia	20.323	8.1831	43.006
GuyanaGUYSouth America	18.994	14.5676	27.904
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	18.958	2.1034	35.070
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	18.502	14.2303	24.083
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	17.820	17.4587	18.104
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	17.420	14.5871	20.841
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	16.701	23.2978	14.273
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	15.161	16.1801	13.890
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	14.914	13.8543	16.478
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	14.326	12.7018	17.028
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	13.689	12.0119	15.824
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	11.479	10.4479	12.988
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	11.459	9.2606	13.751
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	11.203	9.6585	13.179
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	10.336	9.3514	11.563
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	10.251	6.8425	15.412
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	9.931	7.6438	12.832
BelizeBLZCentral America	9.849	4.3253	19.012
SenegalSENWestern Africa	9.684	9.2111	9.962
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	9.636	11.0669	8.155
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	9.604	—	—
PalestinePSEWestern Asia	9.334	5.6152	14.389
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	9.086	2.5075	15.674
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	8.831	8.3273	9.214
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	8.803	9.2278	8.292
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	8.685	8.0048	9.208
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	8.645	6.8116	10.137
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	8.612	8.9898	8.235
ArubaABWCaribbean	8.301	2.7896	15.946
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	7.704	9.7774	6.738
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	7.489	4.2406	9.371
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	7.350	5.9723	8.606
TogoTGOWestern Africa	7.188	7.9051	6.938
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	7.102	6.5474	7.734
BelarusBLREastern Europe	7.051	1.9753	13.750
GuineaGINWestern Africa	7.048	7.2783	6.965
MacauMACEastern Asia	7.036	5.1743	9.439
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	6.935	6.8202	7.108
MaliMLIWestern Africa	6.928	7.4979	6.710
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	6.855	6.8058	6.925
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	6.600	6.6205	6.569
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	6.585	6.1643	7.205
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	6.070	3.4554	10.381
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	6.059	5.3059	6.422
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	5.983	3.8159	8.554
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	5.926	4.8560	7.446
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	5.869	2.7613	9.817
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	5.678	3.6061	9.754
JordanJORWestern Asia	5.655	3.0178	8.599
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	5.529	2.7160	8.260
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	5.492	4.5502	6.692
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	5.456	6.0869	4.874
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	5.438	5.8428	4.908
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	5.378	5.1321	5.689
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	5.335	3.4748	8.168
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	5.149	1.5687	9.704
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	5.138	4.9834	5.288
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean	4.696	4.2421	6.007
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	4.504	5.2444	3.624
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	4.399	1.3610	5.959
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	4.380	4.4663	4.295
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	4.122	3.8273	4.336
BeninBENWestern Africa	4.102	5.2788	3.701
IsraelISRWestern Asia	3.965	1.7515	6.762
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	3.958	3.5588	4.549
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	3.777	—	—
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	3.533	2.7071	4.032
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	3.530	3.7256	3.424
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	3.457	2.2639	4.419
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	3.361	3.8462	3.039
CanadaCANNorthern America	3.120	2.7064	3.650
UruguayURYSouth America	2.911	—	—
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	2.880	1.7178	3.969
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	2.803	2.5147	3.163
FranceFRAWestern Europe	2.802	2.5988	3.049
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	2.757	3.0644	2.346
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	2.665	3.1526	2.100
PanamaPANCentral America	2.515	1.8386	3.530
ItalyITASouthern Europe	2.489	2.1454	2.953
HondurasHNDCentral America	2.412	1.8666	3.143
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	2.381	2.3761	2.388
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	2.364	—	—
EcuadorECUSouth America	2.303	2.0366	2.643
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	2.191	0.9298	3.760
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	2.184	1.8440	2.571
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	2.139	1.9196	2.435
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	2.090	0.8844	3.184
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	2.081	2.0861	2.075
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	2.073	2.1924	1.924
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	2.051	1.4631	2.894
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	1.886	1.9659	1.801
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	1.723	1.1045	2.104
ColombiaCOLSouth America	1.654	1.6004	1.712
SpainESPSouthern Europe	1.564	1.4870	1.653
UkraineUKREastern Europe	1.557	1.4075	1.720
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	1.519	0.8005	2.312
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	1.435	1.2795	1.536
Costa RicaCRICentral America	1.385	1.0625	1.772
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	1.334	0.9583	1.540
PolandPOLEastern Europe	1.298	1.4856	1.019
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	1.186	1.0269	1.346
IranIRNSouthern Asia	1.177	0.9733	1.378
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	1.129	0.4893	1.581
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	1.122	0.6769	1.672
ChileCHLSouth America	1.119	1.0141	1.232
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	1.086	0.9982	1.200
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	1.067	0.8393	1.360
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	1.065	0.8101	1.277
MexicoMEXCentral America	0.892	0.8264	0.957
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.864	0.6848	1.147
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.857	0.5961	0.977
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.734	0.5449	0.897
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.679	—	—
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.654	0.4939	0.875
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.637	0.7614	0.486
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.585	0.5008	0.673
BrazilBRASouth America	0.532	0.4672	0.618
CubaCUBCaribbean	0.448	0.3900	0.531
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.373	0.3905	0.352
ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.304	0.2695	0.357
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	0.254	0.2436	0.269

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Seychelles478.223
Andorra274.333
San Marino143.739
Luxembourg126.752
Bermuda113.251

Lowest

Puerto Rico0.254
Argentina0.304
Philippines0.373
Cuba0.448
Brazil0.532

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5.474. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSeychelles354.5726
LowestPuerto Rico0.2436
Middle country: 3.8462
Male
HighestSeychelles849.172
LowestPuerto Rico0.269
Middle country: 6.738

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+16 / −14countries joined / left
124values changed, of 124 in both
56 · 68rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Seychelles219.603 → 478.223+258.620
San Marino89.057 → 143.739+54.682
Saint Lucia45.533 → 66.796+21.263
Bermuda93.580 → 113.251+19.670
Bhutan34.720 → 47.350+12.630

Fell most

Antigua and Barbuda60.023 → 32.905−27.119
Zimbabwe31.495 → 17.820−13.676
Brunei51.685 → 42.557−9.127
Botswana17.889 → 9.604−8.285
Republic of the Congo40.612 → 34.156−6.456

+ Andorra

+ Burundi

+ Cook Islands

+ Dominican Republic

+ Ecuador

+ Honduras

+ Liberia

+ Lesotho

+ Luxembourg

+ Marshall Islands

+ North Macedonia

+ Puerto Rico

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

+ Sint Maarten

+ Tanzania

+ South Africa

− Afghanistan

− Angola

− Barbados

− Côte d’Ivoire

− Djibouti

− Cambodia

− Malawi

− Nigeria

− Nepal

− Oman

− North Korea

− Eswatini

− Chad

− Yemen

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

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Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest students studying abroad (outbound mobility) in Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 2012?

Seychelles, at 478.223, of the 140 countries in the file.

What year does Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 2012 cover?

140.

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